Now is the perfect time to advance population health
Modern Healthcare December 1, 2021
Dr. Will Caldwell, Health Catalyst
There is an opportunity facing us, an opportunity to embrace more equitable and efficient healthcare. In a world that is driven by market forces, we cannot be constrained by the status quo and instead, must lean into a true, sustainable shift to population health.
Population health – the identification and management of the drivers of clinical and financial risk impacting a patient’s health outcome – is where healthcare is heading and three key opportunities, market-driven innovation, horizontal care management, and behavioral health transformation, will enable this shift.
Funding and regulation are leading indicators of where healthcare is headed. Private equity is pointing in the direction of innovative services that drive population health outcomes. This can...